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Dwarf Kangaroo Paw

Anigozanthos gabrielae

Dwarf Kangaroo Paw
Photo: Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Haemodoraceae (Haemodor family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Anigozanthos gabrielae is a species of Anigozanthos in the family Haemodoraceae known as dwarf kangaroo paw. This flowering, rhizomatous, perennial plant is endemic to Southwest Australia and grows on sand in areas which are wet in winter.

The species was first described by Karel Domin in the 1912 in the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany.

Where it grows

It is found in the following Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance Plains.

Other Anigozanthos plants

Little Kangaroo Paw · Tall Kangaroo Paw · Cat's Paw · Kalbarri Catspaw · Mangles's Kangaroo Paw · Branched Catspaw · Albany Cat's Paw · Yellow Kangaroo Paw · Red Kangaroo Paw · Green Kangaroo Paw · Kangaroo Paw

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anigozanthos gabrielae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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